Sítio Sábio

Sitio Sabio is in the village of Tairu in Itaparica, Bahia, Brasil. It is separated from the beach by a small river which runs into the sea. The beach is sheltered by a coral reef.

Sítio Sábio was a coconut grove when it came into our posession, in an area of holiday homes. It has now been planted with many different varieties of tropical fruit trees. The aim is to create a tropical fruit forest garden. Native vegetation, which has sprung up around the trees, has been cut back, to allow fruit trees light and space to grow. This vegetation has been allowed to fall where it has been cut to suppress further growth and to act as a mulch, mimicking a natural forest environment. The mixture of different vegetation has created a wide variety of differing habitats on a small area of land.